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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — If all goes to plan, privately funded snowplows will be carving a path into Yellowstone through the East Entrance on May 3. Park officials don't plan to fire up their snow plows until May 17, two weeks late to cope with federal budget cuts. The Cody Countr

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming residents can start dreaming about hitting the big one. Gov. Matt Mead has signed into law a bill allowing the state to create a lottery or join a multi-state lottery, such as Powerball. Mead says he's

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead is urging communities in northwest Wyoming to raise money to clear roads inside Yellowstone National Park of snow. Spring plowing in Yellowstone is postponed due to federal budget cuts. Scott Balyo wit

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GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A California stevedoring company has until the end of the month to decide if it still wants to ship coal from Montana and Wyoming to Asia through Coos Bay, Ore., now that two o

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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Xanterra Parks & Resorts will continue to provide a wide range of visitor services in Yellowstone National Park for the next 20 years. The National Park Service recently awarded its concession contract to Xanterra, which has held the contract since 2005. The contract covers

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CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A Wyoming company is mulling a project to store power generated by a Platte County wind farm. Winhyne Energy Group hopes to begin testing the nine-turbine wind project at a site near Guernsey by late 2014. The Casper Star

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CLARK, Wyo. (AP) — Residents in a rural Wyoming town say they remain on edge even after a quick arrest following a triple slaying. Clark volunteer firefighter Jerry Ruth says the town's citizens were "lulled into a false sense of security in a way." Ruth had respo

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CODY, Wyo. (AP) — Friends of two teens charged in a triple homicide in the small town of Clark, Wyo., say the pair had become increasingly involved with drugs including methamphetamine in recent months. A judge yesterd

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